The Frislan we Lost
A village bearing the imprints of Kashmir’s rich cultural heritage was reduced to ashes in a devastating fire last week which left hundreds of...
A Deceptive Calm
An eerie calm is slowly settling down in Zanskar where communal riots had broken out over the conversion of six Buddhist families to Islam....
In Bad Light
The J&K tourism department’s hoardings are asking the natives to behave with tourists. Sameer Yasir offers an alternate narrative on how Goa, one of...
Inducing Fear
The tourism department of J&K has set a wrong precedent by erecting billboards with messages which portray locals in a bad light. People involved...
Revolutionising Travel
The introduction of Snow Cabs taxi service has become an eyesore for conventional taxi operators in Srinagar. Started by three young Kashmiri entrepreneurs, the...
J&K’s Yatra Network
Highly successful yatra to Vaishno Devi shrine and the controversial trek to Amarnath cave are not the only two ‘faith’ routes in J&K. Many...
A Road To The Cave?
As the Supreme Court is seeking improved and dignified basic facilities for the summer Hindu pilgrimage to Amarnath without compromising the fragile near-glaciated ecology,...
FIVE FAILURES
As the arrival of more than a million tourists to Kashmir this year created a record of sorts, Kashmir Life examines the major failures...
Back to Business in Gulmarg
The violence in Kashmir is at an all-time low and a record number of tourists have visited the valley this year. Nazir Ahmad Rather profiles...
Feeding tourists
Catering is the spirit that sustains tourism. Most of the Indian tourists who make the record numbers visiting Kashmir now are vegetarians, but that...
Encouraging new tourist business
Over the moon for its successful campaign for boosting tourism, the authorities in Kashmir are roping in new entrepreneurs for investing in the fun...
TOURISM’S FAILURES
As the arrival of more than a million tourists to Kashmir this year created a record of sorts, Kashmir Life examines the major failures...
Paying obeisance,not heed
SAMEER YASIR treks up to the Amarnath cave shrine via Baltal in Sonmarg. He is appalled by the amount of pollution the annual pilgrimage...
Clash of cultures
As caravans of pilgrims on way to Amarnath cave shrine pass through the quaint villages of Pahalgam, the quiet and harmonious social environment gets...
Serving the faith
The conduct of the Amarnath pilgrimage is a garguntaun task every year. A huge number of government employees from almost all the departments have...